excluded; excluding
1
a
: to prevent or restrict the entrance of
b
: to bar from participation, consideration, or inclusion
2
: to expel or bar especially from a place or position previously occupied
excluder
noun
Examples of exclude in a Sentence
You can share files with some people on the network while excluding others.
The prices on the menu exclude tax.
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Their 32 goals from these situations (excluding penalties) ranks first in England’s top four divisions (level with League One champions Lincoln City).
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Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2026
From the beginning, the filing says, Donaldson behaved strangely around her, excluded her from meetings that had bearing on her work, once asked her to leave a meeting, and sometimes refused to engage with her.
—Irin Carmon, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2026
Cornerstone has acquired international sales rights to James Ashcroft’s horror feature When Darkness Loves Us and will handle sales and distribution, excluding New Zealand and Australia.
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The idea of these new mannequins, which will accompany the more traditional ones, is to stress that in the history of art, certain body types have been ignored or excluded — the corpulent body, the disabled body or the aging body, for example.
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Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2026
From the beginning, the filing says, Donaldson behaved strangely around her, excluded her from meetings that had bearing on her work, once asked her to leave a meeting, and sometimes refused to engage with her.
—Irin Carmon, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2026
Cornerstone has acquired international sales rights to James Ashcroft’s horror feature When Darkness Loves Us and will handle sales and distribution, excluding New Zealand and Australia.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 22 Apr. 2026
The idea of these new mannequins, which will accompany the more traditional ones, is to stress that in the history of art, certain body types have been ignored or excluded — the corpulent body, the disabled body or the aging body, for example.
—CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
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“Exclude.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exclude. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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exclude
verb
ex·clude
iks-ˈklüd 
excluded; excluding
: to shut or keep out
excludable
adjective
-ˈklüd-ə-bəl
exclusion
noun
-ˈklü-zhən
Legal Definition
exclude
transitive verb
ex·clude
ik-ˈsklüd
excluded; excluding
1
: to prevent or restrict the entry or admission of
exclude hearsay evidence
2
: to remove from participation, consideration, or inclusion (as in insurance coverage)
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